A female barrister has called for judges and lawyers to leave the Garrick
Club, on the grounds that membership of an institution that bars women
members is “incompatible” with their duties in public office.

After a decision this week to continue the club’s controversial men-only
policy, Dinah Rose QC, the leading public law and human rights barrister,
urged senior legal professionals, such as Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury,
president of the Supreme Court, to reconsider membership of the club.

“I don’t have any objection to single- sex clubs,” said Ms Rose of the vote at
the Garrick, which has been providing